The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-24
ANTIQUE, JOURNALISM.


ties. papers were published in those
periods of remote antiquity, when the
mud caused by the flood was still adj
herring to the pedestrians feet, and
when Methuselah, youth of ninety
summers. played hockey among the
Teheran crab.apple trees that grew
among the sand hills of the Meditcr-
ranean sea. and when Sampson, in the
vigor of his youth, tied firc-crackerS to
eleven thousand foxes tails, and de-
stroyed the entire sorghum crop of the
ungodly Phlistines. To those we
would say: Speculate no more! From
a friend who is travelling in the east
Tor his health, | am permitted to give
here limited description of n paper
published by Ezekiel Agag and his sons
and grandsons on down, called the Cy-
clone. II was eXcavated somewhere
in the old world by some one who was
in the excavating business. | Will give
few extracts from the old file of Cy-
clones, ranging over some thousands of
years
| am struck with many features in
this relic of the dull, dead past that are
~bsent in the journals of to-day:
In salutatory the editor says:
In starting this paper, we feel a
great weight, as it were, on our Shout
ders. and shall conduct this business on
an honest and cash basis, which Is the
best policy, as our wide experience with
the hay press in the past has proved.
Stories for the Juvenile department
will not be permitted to run over ninety
years.
Contributors who send articles writ
ten on raw-hides should be carful and
write only on one side OF tho skin, and
never on the hairy side, as it will be
unhandy for the oempositors and look
dim under gas light
We will not attempt 20 return re-
jected manuscript at our own expense,
and those wishing them returned in
case of rejection should enclose yoke
of oxens and driver, otherwise they
will be destroyed. We will soon have
II scheme perfected which will enable
us to utilize rejected manuscript. We
intend to start lanyard in connection
with this Office and when an article is
rejected the manuscript will be turned
over TO the leather department and
made into 'Plttsburg oak-tanncd" and
on the western market.
In looking over the column headed
Personal, | find the following inter-
esting notices;
Mr.. Sampson called at our office re-
Gently and left u line assortment OF
Philistines' scalps He also left the
jaw bone of mule which is in toleara-
bic good repair, but wore little on
the side next to the Philistines. Mr..
Sampson is a man who will command
respect wherever he goes, and we
should he pleased to see him elected
sheriff of Ramath-lehi county. Mr..
sampson also left little riddle for our
puzzle department which we insert
with pleasure, and will give ninety
years subscription to the Cyclone to
anyone sending n correct solution.
Here is the riddle:
Six sot and seven sprung;
Out of the dead the living come.
1t is fine specimen of enigmatic in
genuity and poetical beauty.
Prof Jonah called Mt our sanctum
and left timely and important paper
on Fish culture" He also left some
fine samples of German carp.
Mr. Jonah is thoroughly informed
on the fish questions, and would be
worthy man to supcriatend the adjust
ment of the Canada fishery troubles
with England and the United States.
Mr.. Goliath of Gath, of the Ciucin-
natl Enquirer, was in the city a short
time ago and gave free exh bition in
the shape of broad sword exercise on
street,
He said if there was a galoot In the
township who thought he could stand
him one round, il he would waltz into
sight he would sign contract to feed
his flesh to the fowls of the field and
the beasts of the air,as the victim might
desire, inside of ten minutes by Wa
terbury watch.
None of the spectators had ever been